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Alberta to Alaska Railway
Study Commissioned by the Van Horne Institute
Presented by John Falcetta
President – Alberta Alaska Rail Development Corp
Design, Permit, Build & Operate a multipurpose railway from Alberta to tidewater
Capacity to move commodities, goods people & data (fibre optics)
Potential to also connect Alaska to lower 48 states
First Nations engaged will be full partners in the project
1. Evidence: Project design and scope began with VHI study on the project concept
2. Long term Structure: First Nations are not just “being consulted” on our project. This will be their project too, through an innovative ownership structure.
We will connect Alberta to tidewater & also connect Nations to the economic activity around them.
3. Talent: Team assembled to execute
Van Horne Institute A2A Study
Participants
Commissioned by Peter Wallis – VHI
Participants – AECOM, U of Alaska, Michigan Tech, G7G, Shiroco
Government of Alberta
Purpose of the study
Government of Alberta asked VHI to determine the feasibility (study level) & the viability of moving bitumen on a purpose built railways
VHI wanted to explore the possibility of a new mineral supply chain that would be facilitated by a railway
Business opportunities for First Nations
The Findings
• Favourable Alignment was discovered between Fort McMurray Alberta and Delta Junction Alaska, the Trans Alaska Pipeline system TAPS pipeline .
Delta Junction could be a interchange point from Rail to Pipe
• End point of Valdez, is one of the worlds safest ports that handles petrochemical
• Reverse flow of goods could be moved from the Asia Pacific to Canada or the U.S. as freight could be interchanged to the Alaska Railway utilizing ports in Alaska.
Positive Impacts of the Project: Canadian & US economy improved position to export & import
Additional route into and out of North America
Landlocked commodities can be
moved to market
First Nation’s real & substantial ownership of a major enterprise
A2A: Economic & Financial Highlights
NPV/barrel : $8 - $10 a barrel for the rail portion modelling 1.5 and 1.0 mpbd
NPV tested using high hurdle of 10.2% - increase capital cost of 50% and operating cost increase of 50% under scenarios of 1 mbp.
All in capital cost range $14 Billion - $20 million
A2A: Operating Highlights Utilizing 6 distributed locomotives in train,
ECP braking, and driver assist technology
Barrels per
year?
8 to 12 trains loaded trains (16 to 24 total
trains) operating per day (350/yr.)
630 barrels per car or 315,000
gross tons per car Trains hauling 192 cars per
trains
Team: Full Project lifecycle experience • The project team members have a direct proven track record in
conceiving and implementing major infrastructure developments
John Falcetta
Sean McCoshen
David Sharpe
Mead Treadwell
Carole Anne Hilton
A2A Proposed Timeline
Concept Informal Outreach
Identify corridor
Speak with stakeholders
Cost Estimates Revenue
Projections
CTA,STB Pre-Filing
Governmental Affairs
Refine Corridor
Engage with Stakeholders
Operating Plan Business Plan
CTA,STB Application
Formal Outreach
Conceptual Engineering
Update Stakeholders
Constraints & Alternatives
Secure Equity
CTA –CEAA
STB EIS Respond to
issues raised Preliminary Engineering
Commercial MoU’s
Prepare for RoW
Acquisition Achieve RoW
CTA, STB Permit
Final Engineering
Tendering & Procurement
Commercial Contracts
RoW Acquisition
Construction Financing
Build Other Permitting
Commence Construction
Finalize Haulage
Contracts Test & License
Operate
2017
2018
2019
2016
2015
2020
2022
Thank you for your attention
Questions